The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-07-29
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS

county commissioner.
Friedman & Schuaeder's organ fac
tory of Devils Lake was destroyed by
fire.
Ira w. DibbelI, aged 16, is in jail at
Mitchell for raping q ll-year-old girl
At a special election held at Minot
80 majority was in favor OF incor-
porating as a city under the general
law.
Philip White, in Portland township
near Gary, it is charged, shot William
DAVIS, young boy who was herdlnG
cattle.
By directions of Gen. Ruger, con-
formally to requirements from army
and division headquarters, Troops
c, D, NJ, and G, Seventh cavalry, will,
on the 25th inst, stand relieved from
duty in the department OF Dakota
and proceed to Fort Riley, Kansas.
D. Hotchkiss, an aged farmer living
near Sioux Falls, was killed by light
ming recently. Elmer Bishop, anoth-
er farmer living 8 miles from the city,
was also struck at nearly the same
time and killed.
The latest railroad rumor is that
the Illinois Central will build into
Sioux Falls this season, and from
there strike out northwest. Madison
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Sioux Falls.
Prof Foster, Of the faculty, and NJ.
V. Miller, of the board of regents OF
Brookings college, who are inspecting
Eastern herds for the purpose Of pur-
chasing stock for the college farm,
have had q number of hogs and cat
tie presented to their notice for the
college. A force of bricklayers, sufti-
cient to lay 80, 900 brick per day, are
at work on the college building.
By direction OF the secretary OF war
the following changes in the stations
of certain hospital stewards, u. S. A,
will be made: Hospital Steward Al
anson D. Hauverman will be assign ned
to duty at Fort Sully; j. H. Sanborn
to fort Sisseton; August Herbst to
Fort Buford; J. F. Minot to Fort
Pembina; Henry Kruegar to Fort
Keogh; w. f. Crosse to Camp Pop
lar River.
The case of Evans, under criminal
Indictment, as defaulting treasurer OF
Grant county, the jury brought in a
verdict OF not guilty.
The commissioners ofDouglas coun-
ty were at Yankton to retain counsel
in thesuit recently brought against the
county by Hon. f. M. Goodykoontz
to recover $500, 900 lost on the fraud
ulent bonds issued under the first or
ganization of the county.
At Ipswich, fire broke out in
P. Skahens' two-story building. and
in two hours the Prior house and sta
BILE, Sulley's livery, Ipswich hotel, two
of Rodman's store buildings, Judge
! Sturgis' residence and Julia Cliffgard s
office were destroyed. Total loss $780,
| 900.
At the soldiers reunion at Lake
Madison, fully 5000 people ewere pres
ent during the encampment and $50
veterans were entered on theroll book.
The veterans organized an associa-
| tion for that section of Dakota, EN-.
bracing about dozen posts of the
g. A. r., and all old soldiers
4 mi fbiy, oa.& a -, Eyso;Fo FUbo ali bool,
shows the largest number of veterans
present that has attended any reun-
ion in the territory, except the terri
torial reunion last year at Mitchell.
Adit. Gen. Tyner has secured from
the Chicago & Northwestern and Chi
cago, Milwaukee e st. Paul roads a
rate OF one cent per mile for each mile
Travelled by the territorial militia GO
ing to and from its annual encamp-
ment. This was obtained through
the assistance of Col. Berington, ofthe
railroad commission, and will enable
! q brigade encampment, which would
| not otherwise have been held, as the
funds appropriated were not sufficient
to have paid the roads one and one
third fare. The Northern Pacific and
the st. Paul. Minneapolis Il Manitoba
have also joined in giving this rate.
The location of the encampment has
not yet been determined upon.
The Pennington county grand jury
found indictments against Porter
Warner, editor of the Deadwood
Times; Boham & Kelly, Of the Dead
/ wood Pioneer; Thomas III. White
mluing engineer and correspondent d
the New York Mining Record and Lon
don News, charging them with crimi
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